My detailed review of all of the SATC characters
I recently just finished SATC (haven’t watched the movies or AJLT and, honestly from what I’ve heard, I don’t want to.) and I have VERY strong opinions about each character. Some may be controversial.
Carrie Bradshaw : I had my moments where I liked her, and related to her. And the other moments, I wanted to choke her the fuck out and tell her to get a goddamn grip. Every man that wasn’t Big, no matter how well they treated her, she threw out like trash. Of course, there’s assholes like Berger. But, men like Alexsandr Petrovsky who genuinely put effort into the relationship and made it abundantly clear they wanted to treat her right, she threw out like trash and she got the “ick” from. Miss girl got the “ick” because someone was treating her right. Idc how BPD coded she is, I’m diagnosed BPD and I don’t act like that lmao. Outside of romantic relationships, she’s not a very good friend. She repeatedly put men over her friends, and was judgmental of them when she would do things that were (arguably) worse. It was okay for her to go out and get fucked by multiple men a week, but it was “wild” and “crazy” whenever Charlotte would do something like wearing a revealing dress to go out in Atlantic City, or when she had that fling with that guy from the Hamptons. Im genuinely convinced she was insecure of Charlotte because she knew girls like Charlotte are Big’s type. She judged the hell out of Samantha for giving a postman a blowjob in her office. Sure, it was unfortunate that she walked in on it, but it’s not like she doesn’t have any idea how Samantha’s lifestyle is. She knows about Samantha’s escapades, so choosing only then to judge it is a dick move. Over all, Carrie is a huge narcissist with BPD tendencies, and should invest in therapy to help her see the wrong in her behaviour. But, I don’t think she’s a bad person. She’s relatable in the sense of, we’ve all been there before. Style-wise, I liked SOME things she wore. Some.
Miranda Hobbes : By far my least favourite out of the core 4. I’m not a fan of overtly cynical people. Sure, she had some of the most quotable lines in the show and was super relatable AT TIMES. But, over all, she was insufferable and a HUGE buzzkill. Her view on romance and relationships is just so insanely warped and way too 4th wave feminism-coded. It gets to a point where you just sound like a bitch, who just wants a man to do nothing except bend to your will and fill your insane expectations. The back and forth with Steve was so infuriating. She, honestly, robbed Steve of a genuinely happy relationship with Debbie because she didn’t make her mind up quick enough. And, her insanely self-centered attitude came back to bite her in the ass (thank god). Personally, if I were Steve, I’d run the other goddamn direction from that woman ever wanting another relationship. She also, can’t be happy for her friends when it comes to relationship aspects that don’t fit her view. She always needs to be the debby downer and make people feel bad for doing things she doesn’t agree with. Over all, she’s miserable. And I don’t like her. Style-wise, I’m not into the business woman thing.
Charlotte York : My beautiful angel girl. My fav of the core 4. She genuinely has the kindest heart in the entire series. I can totally understand why people may mistake her being more traditional can make her come off as a prude, or judgy. But, she goes about it in a way (unlike Miranda) where she’s not overtly judging anyone, she just shares her opinion with the notion of “I’ll still support you no matter what.” and has never made anyone feel alienated because of the strength of her beliefs. She had her wild moments, sure, but all of the girls have. It’s just her developing who she is as a person, and helping her navigate finding love, and herself. Which has been her entire character. She’s been the optimistic dreamer who romanticized everything. And, since everyone else in that group is so cynical, she’s what they really need. Over all, she’s a really great character, and an amazing and supportive friend. Style-wise, she has my favourite style. Very clean and very mature.
Samantha Jones : My second favourite of the core 4. (I know, very opposite) She was just so authentically herself and didn’t care about what anyone thought of her. Shes a woman who is content with her life decisions, and knows what she wants. Not to say she’s perfect, I do firmly believe she should have been way more supportive about Miranda’s baby than she was. As someone with kids, it infuriated me how little she regarded Brady, and Miranda for having him. However, it’s canon that Samantha, even with how lavish and flamboyant she is about herself and her choices, is very sensitive and falls insecure sometimes. So, I honestly think it’s a byproduct of that. She’s a very well-rounded character and had amazing development. (Besides that) She was also a great friend to all the girls, and never judged them for anything. Along with Charlotte, she had her opinions, but never pushed them onto anybody. Hence the quote “Not my style.” When Carrie asked her if she was judging her. Over all, the best written character in the show. Style-wise, I personally wouldn’t wear most of the things she does, but I don’t hate it.
Mr. Big : Situationship final boss. His personality is honestly that of a cardboard box to me. He reminds me of those sleazy jackasses from those 90s mafia movies. His only personality traits are that he fucks women, and is rich. However, I don’t think he’s entirely to blame for it either. Considering the show is canonically from Carrie’s perspective, and we see Mr. Big as Carrie’s perception of him. Also, I don’t blame him for keeping Carrie at arms length for as long as he did, considering she VERY CLEARLY had some issues. She also cheated on Aiden with him, so how the hell was he supposed to trust her? And, he was more than willing to cheat on Natasha (my queen) with her. The mentality of “if she’d do it to them, she’d do it to me.” So in all honesty, she set that premise herself. But, I do think he should have been clear with her. It would have saved the both of them a LOT of time, and energy, if he had been up front with her. But, men never are. Are they? Over all, I think he’s very boring, and him and Carrie deserve each other.
Natasha Naginsky : My unproblematic queen. I have no complaints about her at all. She literally was happy, in love, and married when someone old enough to be her mother had to swoop in and ruin it for her. And the man she loved absolutely betrayed her. Her first (and from what I understand, only) experience being married was destroyed for her. Natasha’s responses to Carrie, were always so valid. If I found a bitch in my apartment naked and eating MY FOOD and I broke my tooth chasing her out, yeah, I would also wish to just pretend she was dead. Over all, Natasha deserved so much better. Style-wise, flawless.
Aiden Shaw : Okay, I know the major opinion is HE is who Carrie should’ve ended up with, but I don’t like him. On paper, he’s an amazing partner. On the surface, he’s great. However, he was a tad emotionally manipulative, and acted like a manchild. But, I also want to keep the possibility that he was driven to act the way he did because of how Carrie treated him. The entire thing of him essentially only wanting to get married, not because it was Carrie, but just because he wanted to BE married, gave me the ick. All their fights also gave me the ick. On BOTH their parts. Yes, mostly Carrie was in the wrong, but Aiden’s reactions in some of them were absolutely uncalled for and very cringe. I get why Carrie didn’t want to be with him anymore, but she definitely should not have done him the way she did him. They were just bad for each other.
Steve Brady : If I were to get with any man in the show, it’d be him. Man DOES NOT play around about his girl, however he is loyal to a fault. I stand by the fact that Steve deserved better. Sure, he had some manchild tendencies, but the way to assist with those things is to have a conversation about them. Not flip the fuck out. The reason he didn’t improve on some things, is because it was always being nagged and berated at him and not calmly approached. Not saying he needs to be gentle-parented, but communicated with in a HEALTHY and CALM manner. All his crashouts were honestly valid. He put himself, emotionally, through hell and high water with Miranda, because he loved her, and never got so much as a thank you. He’s also an amazing, doting father and has been from the getgo. HIS BABY doesn’t even have his last name, even though he’s fully involved in his life, and he supported Miranda on that. He is a MAN. And he deserved more.
Stanford Blatch : There were times I enjoyed his character, and times I didn’t. I definitely think his character is underappreciated, but I also find him very annoying. He’s honestly the male version of Carrie, just more insecure. I’m sorry, I can’t do whiny insecure men. Even if they’re gay. The entire thing of parading Marcus around Anthony was so. Fucking. Weird. And if I was Marcus, I’d just assume Stanford was into him and wanted to make him jealous. Over all, pretty bland character and annoying.
Trey MacDougal : Ugh, he seemed so perfect, man. Visually, aesthetically, Charlottes type. Rich, holds traditional values, honors tradition. He’s just such a fucking mommas boy. He would’ve been so perfect if he didn’t have his mother, and if he’d just take some fucking viagra. I hate HATE HATE mommas boys. Also, his insane pride of not wanting to do anything on HIS END with helping his sex life with Charlotte and being insensitive to her feelings of wanting a child, and making no effort to better his end of the circumstance, was so sickening. (Lol, I’ve been her.) He knew it was her dream to be a mother, and he got so sick and so INSECURE that he threw her dream away. He gets points for giving her that sick ass apartment tho.
Jack Berger : I’ve met so many men like him, and they’re all insufferable. Another manbaby, who is insecure of a woman’s success. The man actually has no capacity to be able to healthily process complex emotions, yet he’s a writer?? Of a book that was (supposedly) good?? Insane and unbelievable to me, and makes me think Carrie doesn’t know how to judge books, lmao. He’s also, UGLY! I’ve never understood how ANYONE thought he was attractive. You could smell the pretentiousness on him from a mile away, and he has one of those faces that just constantly looks like he just ate shit. He’s a nitpicky little shit and he’s a little rat. I hate him so much.
Harry Goldenblatt : A MAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!! HE DOES NOT PLAY ABOUT HIS GIRL! He loves Charlotte so deeply, and listens to her, and accepts her, even if he doesn’t understand or agree. Truly such a supportive man, but also doesn’t stray away from his own core values. Honestly, the most stable character in the series, and very consistent. He is the type of man every woman wishes for. I can’t even say anything about his looks AT ALL because his character makes him insanely attractive. I have no complaints.
Smith Jerrod : I don’t think he should’ve been endgame for Samantha, like how some people do. However, I think he was good for Samantha, and an experience she needed. He made her feel loved, and supported, like no other man did. And he didn’t want to give up on her, even when she fucked Richard at that hotel party. He understood her, and truly saw her. Though, I don’t think as an actual relationship they would’ve lasted. He seems like he’d need someone his age, more his speed, and he was the experience Samantha needed to possibly be able to be accepting of a grander connection in the future, and know she is loveable.
Aleksandr Petrovsky : Okay, I’m an old man lover. Me and Aleksandr would literally be MARRIED if I was Carrie. HE. DIDNT. PLAY. ABOUT. HER. And he put such effort into the relationship, just for her to be so unappreciative. He’s European, (or Asian..? I know in some cases Russians are considered Asian, idk correct me in the comments if I’m wrong) they do romance differently over there, which is BETTER THAN HERE IN AMERICA. He’s just an old-fashioned guy who was serious about a girl and he made it known. I’ll never get why she dumped him.
Anthony Marentino : I’m alright with his character. I think he’s a genuine friend Charlotte needs, and he’s VERY brutally honest. However, I find him annoying a lot of the time, just because he’s fairly rude and his voice is like nails on a chalkboard. BUT, he’s extremely supportive of Charlotte and doesn’t play about her. However, he is overly superficial and that’s an ick for me. The way he treated Stanford was really fucking nasty, and could’ve been handled better if he wasn’t interested. The way he treats other people is just- ew.
Richard Wright : EWWWWWWWW WICKY ICKY ICKY ICKY ICKY!!!!!!!!! He’s such a disgusting little sewer rat, wannabe Hugh Hefner. He KNEW Samantha had genuine feelings for him and he fucked her over. Yall can’t tell me he wasn’t lusting over those hotel maids, and didn’t fuck at least two after they broke up. Also, men who ask for threesomes are so gross to me. Like, what do you mean you’re saying how much you care about me, yet you want to fuck another woman?? God, he’s such a DOGGGGG. I hate him.
Dr Robert Leeds : He’s hot, he’s a doctor, he’s nice, he’s another man that got cast aside. He was so good to Miranda, and was so accepting of her and Brady and made such a genuine effort, and she just cast him aside for her toxic relationship with Steve. His crash out on the staircase afterward was valid, however it did give me the ick when he started mocking her in bed… that was a bit much…
Bunny MacDougal : wants to fuck her son, next.
Maria Reyes : It’s definitely interesting that Samantha had a lesbian arc. And, I think they chose the right character for it. However, Maria wanted Samantha to fit a mold she just didn’t fit. I don’t have much comments besides that considering we didn’t see much of her besides just her struggling with Samantha being Samantha. She was also kinda crazy.. the breaking of the dishes was uncalled for. Though, I do think she was pretty insecure of all the men Samantha had been with before, but I feel like if you’re her big age, you should have that sort of emotional turmoil sorted out. Then again, what character in this show DOESNT need therapy?
That’s it! Lmk if I missed anyone.
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